Research Offers Hope for Repairing Injured Spinal Cord Using Stem Cells

by Sreeraman on  November 13, 2007 at 8:13 PM Genetics & Stem Cells News
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The sole clue from these systems has been the role of stem cells and their potential to develop into different cell types. "When we block netrin-1 function, the adult stem cells remain at the injury site," Kennedy said.

"This is a critical first step towards understanding the molecular events needed to repair the injured spinal cord and provides us with new targets for potential therapies,” he said.

The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

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